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CVE-1999-1583

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-09-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in nslookup for AIX 4.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long hostname command line argument.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 4.3

References

• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY02120&apar=only
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/872443
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8031
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY02120&apar=only
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/872443
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8031

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